Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.5

02/02/2018 - 08:30

What better way to end the long ole month (January) than with another round of Fun Friday Food Facts...

Which came first - noodles or pasta? Documents in China describing noodles date from the 5th century BC, while the earliest mention of noodle-like food in the Mediterranean area comes about 500 years later

According to a study, 4 out of 5 children recognise the McDonald's logo by the time they are three - before some even know their own name!

When a labour shortage hit California in 1905, a farmer turned to 500 monkeys to harvest the prune plums. Organised into gangs of 50 with a human foreman, the monkeys picked the prune plums well but ate them all up! Today, machines do the work—without eating the fruit

An old Chinese theory claims that long noodles are the key to living a long life and if you cut, bite or break your noodles before eating them, you’re actually slicing years off your life

Did you know that Heinz ketchup contains 1 teaspoon of sugar in each 1 tablespoon serving!